Elysce Tackmann joined the Brown
University volleyball coaching staff as an assistant coach in
August of 2013. Tackmann comes to Brown from Rhode Island College,
where she served as head coach for two seasons.

At RIC, Tackmann oversaw all
elements of the volleyball program and was responsible for
conducting practices, recruiting, and managing student-athlete
success both on and off the court. She led the Anchorwomen to a
16-13 record in 2011 and qualified for the conference tournament in
back-to-back seasons.

Tackmann joined the RIC staff after
a three-year stint as the head women’s volleyball coach at
Anna Maria College. Under her tutelage, the Amcats received the
Commonwealth Coast Conference’s Team Sportsmanship Award in
2008 and 2010, while establishing the program record for wins in a
season in 2010.

A 2007 graduate from Bryant
University with a degree in communications, Tackmann was a standout
player for the Bulldogs and helped lead the team to three straight
Northeast-10 Conference Tournament titles and four NCAA Division II
Tournament appearances. In 2003, Bryant advanced to the NCAA
Division II Sweet Sixteen. The Bulldogs were a dominant fixture in
the Northeast-10 landscape from 2003-2005, going undefeated in
league play for two straight seasons, backboned by a 37-match
winning streak. Bryant became the Northeast-10 Conference
Tournament Champions all three seasons and also grabbed the regular
season championship in both 2003 and 2004.

Tackmann is a current member of the
American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA), the New England
Women's Volleyball Association (NEWVA), the Professional
Association of Volleyball Officials, the Women's Sports Foundation
and the New England Region Yankee Volleyball Organization. She
played as a setter for Team New England of the Premier Volleyball
League (PVL) in 2011-12.